Curtain-rod and shade-roller support



J. BENYEI.

CURTAIN ROD AND SHADE ROLLER SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED MAR.26, 1920.

1,378,401 Patented Apr. 5, 921

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Jahn Benye/ UNETEE fiTATiiS earner series- JOHN BENYEI, or CLEVELAND, onro.

CURTAIN-ROD AND SHADE BOLLER SUPPORT.

T 0 all to 710m it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN BnNYnI, citizen of Hungary, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Rod and Shade-Roller Supports, of which the following is a speci fication.

This invention relates to devices for supporting curtain rods and shade rollers and has for its object the provision of inexpensive means, adapted for quantity production at low cost, and characterized by case in attachment to a window, for supporting shade rollers and curtain rods of various lengths and diameters.

For this purpose, I have provided the device shown in its preferred form in the ac companying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a front view of a window to which my improved device, has been attached. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a side view of my device and Fig. 1 is a front view of the same.

In the practical embodiment of my invention, the principal portion of my device is first blanked out from sheet metal and is then bent up to the desired shape as will be fully described hereinafter. The body portion 1 has a countersunk hole 2 therein for receiving a screw 3 by which my improved support is detachably secured to the win dow trim. Rearwardly extending bends 4, integral with said body portion 1, are formed at the upper edge of my improved device, approximately at right angles to said body portion, and are of sufficient size to fit over the uppermost edge of the window casing' 9 at the top of the window. Two converging cuts meeting at their extremities, are' made in the horizontal face of each of said bends 4 to allow a pointed tooth as 8 to be formed from said face and bent at right angles thereto for insertion into said casing 9.

At the upper center of said body member 1, a forwardly extending bend 5 is formed, the main portion of which is parallel to bonds 1 and arranged intermediate of said bends, and which is curved upwardly at its extremity, said bend 5 having rectangular slot 10 therein, angle 11 being adjustably held in said slot by wing headed screw 12. The lower part of said body portion 1 terminates in a forwardly extending bend 6, the extremity of which is turned back on itself Specification. of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 5, 1921.

Application filed March 26, 1920. Serial No. 368,912.

to give resilience to the end portion 1 1 of said bend. At the inner edge of the body portion 1 and integral therewith, is arranged a vertically disposed bend 7 having a rectangular opening 1 therein over which the end let of bend 6 is disposed for the purpose of normally covering the upper end of said opening.

Bend 5 projects forwardly a greater distance than does bend 6, so that the curtain supported by curtain rod 15 assumes a position in front of shade 17. My device is attached to a window by driving teeth '8 into the top edge of the upper window casing 9, then attaching body portion 1 to the side trim by means of screw 3. The curtain rod 15 is now placed within the curve of bend said rod to rest snugly against the inner face of said curved portion of bend 5. Screw 12 is then tightened and the rod 15 is thereby firmly held between angle 11 and the curved part of bend 5,though said rod may readily be removed when it is desired to replace the curtains. It will be seen that the length of the curtain rod is immaterial so long as it-reaches between both of my devices when they are in place. It is also obvious that a pair of my improved supports consist of one which is made left hand and another which is made right hand, and that one of the pair should have an opening 13 for holding the usual flat end of the shade roller spring, while in the other, said opening may be replaced by the usual hole used for the pin at the other end of the shade roller, though the deviceis fully efficient if an opening 13 is used in both members of the pair. The shade roller 16 is held between a pair of my supports by inserting the usual pin at one end thereof into opening 13 of one of said supports, and then inserting the other flat end of said roller underneath the extremity 141 of bend 6 of the other of said holders, whereby said end 1a is lifted sufficiently to allow the flat end of the shade roller to be inserted into opening 13.

What I claim is: I 1. A support for curtain rods and shade rollers formed from a single piece of sheet metal comprising a body portion, a curtain rod holder bent forwardly from said body portion and integral therewith, a curved extremity on said rod holder, a member in tegral with said body portion and bent rearwardly therefrom on each side of said rod holder for attaching said support to a window, a vertically disposed shade roller supporting member, having an opening there-' in, bent forwardly from and integral with said body portion, and a resilient member curved back on itself at its extremity and integral with and bent forwardly from said body portion, the end of said resilient member being arranged normally to close the upper end of the opening in said shade roller supporting means, and adjustable means arranged to cooperate with said cur tain rod extremity for preventing movement of a curtain rod.

2. In a support for curtain rods and shade rollers, mean fo attaching said support to a window, adjustable curtain rod support ing means, a shade roller supporting member having an opening therein, and a resilient member curved back on itself at its extremity, and integral with andbent forwardly fromsaid support, the end of said resilient member being arranged normally to close the upperend of the opening in said shade roller supporting member.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

JOHN BENYEI. 

